Proposed MAPLE Act Would Protect Cannabis Workers When Entering the United States

If you're working in the Canadian cannabis industry, you probably get a little bit nervous when it comes time to cross the border into the United States. But if passed, a new bill could give you peace of mind.

It’s called the Maintaining Appropriate Protections for Legal Entry, or MAPLE, Act of 2019. Submitted by Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon), it is a new version of a bill originally submitted late last year.

The proposed bill would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with an exception for people working in the legal cannabis industry in "a State, Indian Tribe, or foreign country”.

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